a math me how did welcome outgoing u.s. president trump has signed into law a 2300000000 dollar coronavirus for leaf and public spending package that should ease the strain on millions of americans money will go directly to businesses and individual tax payers trump has backed down from his earlier threat to veto the bill is last minute u. turn if it's the prospect of a chaotic shutdown of the u.s. government. the pandemic left christina kelly unemployed she hasn't paid red for months and her family has relied on an eviction ban to stay in their house now they may lose everything. there are no options right now the homeless shelters are all closed to new people because the pandemic obviously. and i don't have a vehicle for me to even sleep more government aid is christina's last hope the new package is meant to ease the financial burdens of millions of americans but the bill sat on president donald trump's desk on signed while he played golf in florida out of the blue he announced he wanted to increase one time payments to individuals from $600.00 to $2000.00 then on sunday evening trump reversed his opposition to the bill on twitter and agreed to sign it i applaud the president's decision that's from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell republican senators had opposed trump's increase in individual payments the democrats followed trump's lead however speaker of the house nancy pelosi now wants to hold a new vote on bumping up payments the debate over billions in aid is far from over but for now many americans can breathe a little bit easier with much needed cash on the way. let's bring in dana correspondent stephanie months in washington stephanie hello tell us about some of the details of this relief package thomas of the essence so when will people actually get their money. well the depending what money you're talking about if you talk about the $300.00 weekly employment benefit which is here at the core which people will not get because the price president took his sweet time with signing this bill there's 2 major programs which already lapse the states cannot update their software program to make all of those 12000000 who need this 12000000 people without work and who need this unemployment benefit weekly benefit of $300.00 fast enough that means that they're going to lapse a week they will be it without any money for a week and if you do not have any money you do not have any money that means it is bad then it should kick in in about $23.00 weeks $300.00 per week for those who really have nothing. unemployment benefits plus the $600.00 for every illegible american they're also coming this the treasury department tries to speed things up now since we have now the signature of the president but it's going to be january 1st week of january 2nd week of january say experts something around this time until everybody gets his money still one of the chances the house is likely to increase the stimulus check to 2000. it's 5050 they're actually in the middle of the vote right now. so it is a few republicans go with democrats and say like young presidents wants it why not vote for it that's all nice but of course you know this has to go to the senate and they have the g.o.p. majority leader mitch mcconnell has said nothing which is as good as saying well i'm not going to play ball here $600.00 was what they had. bipartisan in large numbers agreed upon which the president negotiated his own treasury secretary negotiate in good faith everybody was kind of happy with this that doesn't mean that there can be more about it what for now and then he took his. time to or refused to sign the bill and finally did it now so this created the law to have all and well also distrust it's a. step in quickly before we go why do you think the president changed his mind. political pressure i think i think something's got to him that he won't be and that he tries not to be remembered as somebody who throws in the last 9 yards a grenade into all of this that would have been definitely not very good prissy's to his image which is scratched anyway so political pressure probably did this stiffens in one's reporting from washington thanks so much. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour. 3 french soldiers have been killed in the west african nation of mali. a troll in a remote area when an improvised explosive device blew up. thousands of french troops deployed in mali to fighting an islamist insurgency. meanwhile the french government has paid tribute to 3 police officers killed in a shootout on french soil by with posthumously awarded the legion of honor france's highest service medal the officers were gunned down while dealing with a domestic violence incident gunmen committed suicide. european union member states have unanimously backed the bloc sprague's a trade agreement with the united kingdom tariff free trading can continue when britain leaves the single market at the end of this year european parliament is set to rubber stamp the deal in february. well thousands of people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus now the european union's mass immunization program is on the why but stocks of the buy and take a back seat limited medical and stuff and the elderly at the front of the queue government under pressure to speed up supply. germany is on course for 1300000 doses of the vaccine before the game ends but the health minister says the high volume production can't happen overnight she would let me know but i know i'm amazed that some people have the impression that vaccine production one of the most complicated and challenging fields in the pharmaceutical industry could just simply be ramped up at will in the coming weeks to start producing extra vaccine doses elsewhere in germany or europe to do this preparations need to be made those preparations are underway and our goal is to soon be producing additional vaccine in coordination with my own site in my book so that. german health minister. well it's not his journalist who reported on the very 1st corona virus outbreak in the city of had has been jailed for 4 years so vivid accounts of the crowded hospitals and the streets were in stark contrast to official reassurances the former lawyer has since been on a hunger strike and is in poor health. eluding police pushing journalists back outside the court building where yet another journalist was being sentenced for years behind bars for citizen journalists. the charges picking quarrels and provoking trouble john has been in prison since may she went on a hunger strike and her lawyers claim she was force fed through a nasal tube. after i explained to her what kind of punishment she could expect she was determined to follow through with her hunger strike come what may i reminded her of the risks but she said she knew in her heart what she was doing was right. during the lockdown and john john put up critical posts on twitter and you tube both blocked by the chinese government her reports dealt with everyday problems in hospitals and official corruption jon jon is one of several citizen journalists who ran afoul of the authorities in. a way but there are many similar cases of human rights abuses in china you never hear from these people again some are allowed to go home others disappear john john is the only one to actually end up in court. the government has reacted harshly to any criticism of its handling of the corona virus outbreak it appears determined to stop journalists like john john from muddying the official message that its response was both swift and effective. well to germany now where what started off as a quickie idea to kill some time has turned into a flourishing family business during germany's 1st lockdown in the spring for young sisters decided to make the most of the situation by the village being a board game which has now become a best seller. a common pastime and they're locked down but this is a special game adapted to special times. school and we developed the coronavirus game while at home under lockdown we heard in the media and saw a nearby supermarkets how everyone was panic buying that really shocked us so to come to grips with the whole situation we invented a board game. the players compete to buy all the groceries on a shopping list for an elderly neighbor hurdles including countering the virus which sends you into quarantine or finding that hoarders have already snapped up all the soap and toilet paper. the basic principle is solidarity. the assisters incorporated various elements they were seeing on the news about the pandemic. in the we heard about the balcony concerts in italy and turned that into a playing card too. when their father saw what they came up with he hired an artist to design the cards board and the box. because the game has been so popular it's been quite a challenge for our family based operation like packing and posting 500 games within a very short period from. the demand from all over germany has been massive no. reason at all. thanks to the sisters ingenuity family stuck at home during germany's 2nd lockdown now have a new fun way to make time fly. the football now and in english premier league clash has been called off because of a corona virus outbreak at manchester city 2 positive tests in the squad were announced on christmas day and more have since been detected city's match with everton was the only current premier league fixture which was due to be played with fans inside the stadium. well haven't won a game since january and they're on target to set an unwanted record the longest winless streak in the bundesliga the cardholder 13 by the name of tasmania burley in who set the record back in the 19 sixties and despite the negative connotations tasmania came to really push their place in history. does money i barely know known throughout germany for $1.00 thing the disastrous $96566.00 season the cup win $31.00 matches without a win in that campaign abundance league or record they also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season and the most goals conceded i but former player that's a becca's says the small club is still proud to this day is competing for that one season in the bundesliga. and kind i can say that we were of course proud to play at least one season in the honestly. sometimes just to meet the expectations but also to never disappoint and to eventually realise when the opponent was simply better than us. and in doing the best of our. but now their winless record is in danger of falling current bundesliga side shall cut doing their best to usurp. i haven't won in 21 matches with their last league victory coming in january earlier this year for the 7 time german champions it's an embarrassing predicaments. it's a threat to their identity to become surprisingly attached to this undesirable record and don't want taking the glory. maybe it would be poor through the tried to break this record but i can't imagine that we did it in one season and try to do it over the truth season so there's a for me it's not competitive for us through no. shell to have just 2 games to save their reputation with a victory bizarrely their biggest cheerleader will be. they want their record as the bundesliga worst ever tain to stand i've had a quick reminder before we go the can always get the news on the go just out from the google play off from the app store itself and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news and if you're part of the news story and also use the data we have seen the photos and videos of what's happening in the north of the ones. that's all for. news africa there's always news on the web site www dot com and at any time of day get that don't forget to follow us on social media as news is the hand of social channels for that matter how the banks watch. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons but. there are many answers. and there are many stories. to. make up your own. w. made for minds. this is news africa with a special. featuring stories. coming up on the program torrential rains this year have left much of kenya's probably under water when tough to see the impact of the poles on the region's famous wildlife. and the 1st off its kind. in the city of composite stopped. then broken caught reinventions man still among collecting on the story in teach me he kills in south africa. i'm christine one and i have my cat jr welcome to this special edition of the program it's good to have you with us. of bali hoppin swelling for you is the rising water between the homes and businesses and they were especially high in 2020 you 2 months off to raise your rates and to make matters worse 2 mates you see them behind me lake but ingle and. take a bow gloria they have grown so much in recent times that their marriage closer together but big as a salt water leak wow lead by ringo is a fresh what i need they provide drinking water to animals and people it will be an ecological disaster if the 2 leagues meet correspondent went out to reports like bulgaria so swollen from rising water levels that the shoreline changes every day. we see this early on in our trip when the access road unexpectedly becomes part of the leak. nearby we find. who's just arrived to open her barn restaurant but there's been a dramatic change. there's water this water just came in with an one day i cloud came slowly and slowly until it got to this level so without any notice you have to demolish within just a few seconds. china gets has already been forced to move her business once it's inevitable that she will have to move again and she's not the only one the structure we're looking at is an entry point that was erected by the kenya wildlife service after their original gates were submerged by water so you took 3 months before the lake eventually caught up with this one and we can clearly see that this water is unrelenting what we can't see but we can certainly smell is the sewerage that's also being brought to be this because obviously people here use pit latrines and all their contents are now under water and the water is clearly unrelenting because all around us the ground is soggy and these little of all over the place the extent of the flooding can be seen clearly from neighboring requiring go the freshwater lake has expanded by 60 percent in the last 7 years this year has been by far the worst. folks are to a guide grew up on the shores of the sleek work has been scarce as most of the hotels are now underwater it's he leads us to one of many flooded schools in the area so even in years he's seen all decaying buildings. but our last story is the most significant for folks i grew up here my 1st 20 years of life i spent a year this was my playground it's quite sad to see it drop going to ruins i don't know what i'm what i'm looking for scientists are warning that freshwater lake baringo and saltwater like bulgaria could merge the cross contamination would destroy the balance of the ecosystem. to understand what is happening to the lakes we head to the forest home to the rivers that feed the lakes in the rift valley mo forest is recovering from years of deforestation. david weston has been a conservationist for more than 50 years he says the destruction of the catchment areas is just one in a series of linked problems the pastoral people are settling down and staying in one place so what that means is every single day you have heavy grazing and that is really prominent around the bring the basin up in the hills on the side so all of that erosion has been washed off routinely so in 2018 we had rainfall which was the equivalent of el nino in 1908 then followed last year by these extraordinary rains which have continued for a whole year so that means decoration huge amount of runoff and celtic and it's the combination of those 2 but have made these rift valley lakes and even other areas like amber sally just lift 10 sometimes 15 meters. back in bulgaria the storm brings. its shore thanks for the ocean. china is visibly worried and soon her worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. there's one cafe that i would like to visit one day it's in uganda and it's the 1st of its kind because all of its stocks are. now the company says it wants to see the deaf and also create jobs for this marginalized group the sign language coffee was launched in august and last year about this year's clientele is growing. roy has a customer. mr is dave so he uses same language to communicate he's worked as a barista at this coffee shop in compiler for 2 months now. when i make good coffee and i serve the customers or not perfectly and i get a positive feedback that makes me really happy as specially if it comes from different customers. russo graduated from university 3 years ago but since then he's had real difficulty finding a good job uganda has one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates resources that being dave makes it even worse. i would apply for jobs write letters send evils and all of that but whenever i mention that i was deaf they became afraid of working with me either and they wouldn't give a chance they wouldn't hire me. as workmates i believe too but that doesn't stop them from offering great service to their customers and brain blowing them the owner of the company wants to help break down stereotypes i guess they did. we wanted to inspire the you have a companies and employers out there to employ different people because we are capable and want to use these people here as role models. according to official figures uganda has 1800000 different people that is about 3 percent of the total population the activists see that this number could be how you. use a sees that different people are often not taken into account by the government he cites the recent distribution of free fish musts which he says did you not put into their special needs into derek to consideration with the deaf we use a lot of lip reading you see what i say without a face mask but when i cover my lips you formation is missing facial expressions are hidden by the mask. mr seeds that people often misinterpret is just as he says he has learned to leave radiate but i think makes his real home of terror easy did he still hopes that someday that might change for the better. now what you see here is our mistake of all it's a little rusty a little very rustic maybe but that's a classic discuss a mistake of all special. but isn't clinics in place because a hobby for mostly rich old men to get rich but yeah that may be true christine to some extent all money in south africa has found a way to create a nice business with them now the 38 year old with some help from their husband will say restores vintage cars in the eastern cape province and i'll corresponded at 3 and creech paid her a visit. this 947 pontiac is no simple sprite and joy she bought the vehicle for less than 200 euros so far she spent about 2 years and around 2000 euros renovating it. for. the 38 year old renovates vintage cars which she later than either runs out all sells for a nice price of property in the middle of nowhere on south africa's eastern cape it looks like a cross between a scrap yard and take our museum. i don't have so much equipment i'm using crime to remove to get nasty and i used. to 7 years ago in a sequel saw a documentary on classic cars that sparked my interest and told her husband who works for them it is a policy but it's also a gifted car mechanic together they founded a company now they have 3 employees. i used to pray god to give me. a lady like that like they're trying to say now of course that from quote. very very proud when i'm sitting here i don't mark did does that i want cause yet the company. i'm getting hit be used to call me the mother of the broken. sometimes they do they tell me the negative way that's just listing time with these cabs and. claes be when i finish that point that they do so i go on to say no no just continue. today they are off to look at another potential project and i was drive from the village they travel as you might expect and the classic cars. are very. they're looking at a $963.00 japanese pick up truck that. everything it's. not ok because. they think it was around 300 euros this guy he has more than 50 years old and you can see it's a lot of work needs to be done but most of the hope that if they do a good job they'd be able to resell it for up to 7500 euros. but 1st to get the vehicle ready to be transported. i believe i love this picture. just inside my heart i'm going to do with. my mind. but that is precisely the issue you know. taking the old pickup to heart which means it won't be easy to say goodbye to it when they come. there just absolutely well that's all for this special edition. and today we'll leave you with this song that had everybody help me. figure out exactly. because my psyche plus hundreds of millions of you. i want to go on but. by. you know. if. you. just. kiko. dortmund superstar stefan to the stage. hardly any other sport has this much talent up its sleeve but does this new generation have what it takes to make pave the way for a year of success we see a. trickle. in 60 minutes on d w. is no. day now. you know the banks. and so watch the language you're. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. u.s. and european stocks push into record territory a pandemic recovery package has american investors excited britons breaks a deal with the e.u. has celebrations on trading floors on this side of the atlantic. a 2nd wave hit south africa the government announces a corona tough you alcohol band and strict mosque rules vendors can be jailed rolled up a year. and an attempt to clear the air the 1st of its kind of electric to crop from slovenia take off these admissions free flying in the future. as well and that's the business itself in a way equities went crazy in the united states and europe on monday or in the middle of what could be the worst crisis in our lifetimes and stock markets a trumpeting what looks like a soon to come recovery. from it but there's finally hope for those struggling finance. with u.s. president donald trump suddenly backing down on sunday to sign a $2.00 trillion dollar bill it restores unemployment benefits to millions of americans and avert a government shutdown. is a record high new york stock exchange but is the optimism about an economic recovery for its corner is on wall street for us what did change from. well i mean we don't know for certain if the u.s. president ever really wanted to veto the bill or if he would just was pushing hard for a $2000.00 per american citizen and not just 600 what is now in the bill so maybe he just wanted to shine bright in the eyes of the u.s. population but well eventually we got the bill on its way and that what donald trump did is he delayed the whole process and that they actually in the end might have cost the unemployed americans a couple of billions of dollars. it's cost. cause them struggle that's for sure but another day of juicy profits for investors. definitely we saw new records all over the board all the big indices the nasdaq composite the dow jones of the s. and p. 500 all hitting new highs met the beginning of the week the nasdaq composite by now by the way is up more than 40 percent so the tech heavy index is up more than 40 percent since the beginning of the year. germany's dax also finished a record high on monday put all this into perspective what's it mean for people around the world is it good to make their lives better. well i mean if you look at the stock market it depends if you're invested or not and clearly americans are more invested than the counterparts in germany i've seen recently a number that retail investors so small investors now make up about 20 to 25 percent of the u.s. stock market here a goal that was maybe about 10 percent just so yes people who are invested in the stock market clearly profited from that and now that the 8 pickett's is underway that might also strengthen the u.s. economy and germany is not really well known so that retail investors are on a broad base invested in the stock market so. accordingly they do not really participated that much from what's going on but maybe one final word we definitely shouldn't forget all year long what's happening on the stock market and what's happening on main street is a definitely not the same. point to finish. thank you. south africa has imposed tighter coronavirus rules it says a new strain could explain the rapid spread of a 2nd wave that's affected many young people it's led to travel bans to and from south africa tourism industry residents are all remedy this monday reimposing a bad on alcohol sales and ordering the closure of obama's has also announced the closure of beaches and public swimming pools in hotspots like cape town to harrisburg and been wearing masks in public is mandatory otherwise expect fines or prison not curfews being extended from 9 pm to 6 am as our correspondent points out the rules a strict so years from now on you can end up in jail if you don't wear a free small scale in south africa for your prison and one fine so that's one of the drastic measures how they will try to basically push people here in compliance with rules that were already here we already had a few small sproule and not a regulation that people might not be too happy about is that we're going into a 3rd baron on alcohol sales and that will impact of course restaurants and cafes liquor stores and the wine industry in the western cape near cape town but the president saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been drinking too much and driving or got into fights and also alcohol plays a big role in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and where we seen a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identified group of american from lathrop as plans to spend 150000 doses of send them from biotech fisons vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 coated patients officials in tehran claimed u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the colors the pop and from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese app talk to trump administration wants to stop the video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take talk on a bike that's citing national security concerns. and spain says spanish commuters to the british territory of gibraltar will be exempt from border controls off the brakes and even without a free movement deal agreed in london and it goes sheeting how to police the border left out of last week's trade deal between the e.u. when u.k. . and you call it a small miracle with a deadline looming london and brussels came together to seal that deal on trade relations on christmas eve a lot was made about how fisheries could sink it but that wasn't the only problem carrying weight. it's a rough life out there at sea cold white windy but the hard work pays off when the fishermen reel in their nets herring mackerel sole place and pollock for the whole market and for export competition between british and other e.u. fisherman has been strong for decades disagreement over who can fish where and how much so as not to deplete fishing grounds was one of the main points holding up the talks after intense haggling both sides seem satisfied. all the time that we were in the e.u. we were in the common fisheries policy. that act as a constraint on our coastal communities it meant that of fishing industry to call and now we have a chance to turn the corner. certainly good news for the fishing sector but what about the british economy in general fishing represents only 0.2 percent of britain's g.d.p. it pales in comparison to other sectors like the financial sector with banks and exchanges in the city of london which represents roughly a 10th of the british economy. no longer part of the e.u. london doesn't have to play by brussels rulebook and some hold that the country can establish itself as a european version of singapore using business friendly regulation or new partners . and you aircraft from slovenia is turning heads it's a lot quieter as a smaller carbon footprint and is actually quite affordable it's all thanks to electric propulsion and decades of research the question is could it change the way we fly. it's not an audio glitch this airplane really is as quiet is that it's called the valis and it's battery powered develops is the 1st certified aircraft of its kind instead of a gas tank indicator the instruments indicate battery levels. it was still in the same month that kicked off the 30 years ago it was to make flying cheaper and electricity is cheaper than fuel it's also quieter it was again another step into this direction where we wanted to approach flying to more people since summer pip distro has sold 50 of its valis planes the aircraft is a sticker price of 160000 euros the company was able to do with automakers couldn't they are offering their electric aircraft at the same price as a combustion engine aircraft the slovenian company has pioneered a new way of thinking among pilots. so the market is interesting you know it turns relatively quickly from naysayers for people from people who might in the majority say this is not practical not useful it doesn't make sense to oh it's cool it works i saw it somewhere so maybe it's time for me to consider it as well but what helps the most is the noise aspect to pilots in switzerland have opened up the world's 1st electric flight school they were only allowed to open the school at this location because the aircraft is so much quieter than a standard plane the only hitch its 140 kilo battery is out of juice after only 50 minutes not a problem though. we have to realize that electric flying already makes sense in basic training because the plane's duration is pretty much exactly the amount of time we need for a flight lesson one lesson last 40 minutes and that's what we can fly without any problems using today's technology. that we're going to make. these electric aircraft are undoubtedly just the beginning the slovenian manufacturer has been working on clean propulsion aircraft for 13 years including this electric motor glider. the head of development as to mates that in 5 years the villa's will be able to fly 100 minutes using improved batteries when it comes to the future of electric aircraft the sky's the limit. business with it. everyday. for us and for our pleasure. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screener how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling or dispose of smart new solutions oberstein said in our earth is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is what allows us to live in survive global ideas to be a modern mental soon to global 3000 on g.w. and on my. story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards. their mothers were germans living in the occupied rhineland their father's soldiers from the french colonies selflessly staff and german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of national pride and racism. the european population felt that it was important to be mighty and to state right. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. because of them ashamed storages 11th on d w. b age of artificial intelligence. is upon us even in the arts machines that make abstract drawings computer programs that compose music with what sounds like emotion but is it really are. does that matter. welcome to arts and culture with a look at artificial intelligence now one fear a lot of people have when it comes to ai is that robots might put people out of a job but could that include artists well it might depend on how you define art and creativity already ai computers and robots are producing what some people would consider art like these pictures made by a robot in england. behind the old bulls of this 16th century man i just outside london lives a robot that drools. this machine with a human face is named. she's a robot with the mannerisms of a real artist. a. curly. wrecker. because. their. ages has been drawing and painting since 2019 last year her work sold out as an exhibition at oxford university and it's estimated that collectors have paid more than $1000000.00 pounds for where x. . gallery owner aiden miller came up with the idea to create a down. day where you try. to write every poetry oh the hurt is pretty cool. together with a team of computer scientists robotics experts and designers miller developed in his own words the world's 1st robot artist programmed for creativity. aged draws with chalk and paints with acrylic. but is this real art or is it just a grand technical achievement. we've heard. from different artists thinking oh my goodness what does that mean for my own ability of the natural for we very much believe that the wiser. and. within the art world is very much similar to the rise of the camera in the 18 fifty's and sixty's. people were very threatened by this camera that it was the end of painting stage of raises the question whether human artists will be competing against robots in the future. the idea that artificial intelligence could replace humans isn't new for a long time filmmakers have been stoking fears about the potential threat of ai will be chatting with the film expert in a moment 1st here's a look back at in films starting with how the murderous computer in the classic 2001 a space odyssey. doors oh. i'm sorry. i'm afraid i can't do that computer how is an intelligent beast but with an emphasis on beast think you know what the problem is trust is what is right this mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize our intractable house doesn't think much of people speaking there's no reason to since there's so liable to breaking down. in films intelligent machines usually run amok though a few strive to be human sometimes even more humane than never all models say that the robot in steven spielberg's ai even wants to build real relationships they are going out. but is david as harmless as he looks. so i think there's going to murder me in my state. in one of the red comedies about i are the robot may not look human but he's a real body. of you ever had a drink you know that you were so sure it was real. in the matrix trilogy i am i control an entire power lol universe one in which people are clearly not welcome. in beings it is. chance or is this planet leave. on this issue. the terminator is sent back from the future to correct the course of history he's a killing machine guided by a i because humans could in danger robots in the future they're deemed expendable. but later it's machines against machines and everything ends in chaos yet in most cinematic confrontations with. if the humans come out on top. that's probably because but now people are still writing scripts. trust me. so are the robots coming to take away our culture reporter scott rocks for is here to talk to me about it scott our movie safe is a i'm going to take over the film studios or can or you can rest assured that that's going to be a human pursuit for now i think we're safe i mean there have been a few attempts to get. to work in the in the movie industry there are a few years ago there was a film that was entirely scripted by ai the producers took dozens of science fiction screenplays and they fed it into this program called the benjamin and then asked benjamin to spit out a script which they then shot as a real movie. thomas middleditch he might know from valley start this film it's called son spring and i think we have a clip take a listen and not write like. well i have to. go to the skull and. the dialogue is completely dodd said sickle it's kind of hilarious actually and the plot jumps all over the place i mean it makes absolutely no sense the interesting thing about this film is the only thing that holds it together are the human actors who actually try to convey some real emotion as they're speaking at this gobbledygook so at least for now i think we're safe benjamin's no danger of winning an oscar and the times ok but let's assume let's assume that the ai does get better and make something that you know looks like art sounds like art smells like art will it be art if it's ok by humans yeah i think it's almost a philosophical question i mean. these are about intention i mean do you have to want to make art in order to be an artist and if that's the case then ai which is programs can never be artists if they can only be the tool used by artists i mean i think of like button artists like you know jeff koons or any warhol who sometimes used these are factories where they got other people to. actually do the physical production you know the painting or printing or whatever it was we still considered them the artist because it was their idea was their intention to do to make the art and so far at least a i can't have intention ok but can't computers produce something that seems at least original yeah i guess i mean spring that's pretty original shift kind of entertaining i think it's interesting if you look at some forms of art like like music is an interesting example because you can program ai to copy certain styles of music and maybe make compositions that have never been heard girls who are original i mean there's example the 10th symphony of beethoven's tensity which was unfinished they programmed computer to finish it by giving it you know teaching him how to play beethoven style music and the music is actually quite good and it sounds coherent a lot more coherent than the script that we just heard but is that actually art i don't know music is a lot about math and computers definitely can do math. better than i can it's got rocks for effects so much. some of his most impressive artistic achievements if you can call them artistic have and the realm of sound media artist composer and coder . uses computers to analyze nature and then ai transforms the data and dimensions of the landscapes into music. music composed by rivers skate over to put it more precisely the rivers many bands are analyzing transposed into notes written to sit by the forces of nature. and loose. when the river has lots of bands or has a more complex visual structure hellish than the musical structure is also more complex and when the course of the river changes then you also hear that as acoustic feedback as a kind of live ranter potations based on the data acquired by the. algorithms a fit with countless examples which teach the turn sounds into music it can then suggest one theme the melody could embark on next. music may mathematically is it creative is it art. it's another approach him and that's the way you need to imagine it and i'm going to have to i belong to a whole generation of new composers and also artists who have grown up with technology with algorithmic methods that mission metod and what ai has now opened up or machine learning to put it more precisely is a kind of sparring partners barings. partner that helps in the composition process and reacts to suggestions. for 9 years musician ali nick ryan has been developing a program to write sophisticated compositions was this written by a man or a machine it's impossible to tell. he's big breakthrough came with a program which can compose pieces in the style of everything from mozart to show. so there is. listen to a piece of music that is accomplished by an ai since it is able to do a government response because the exact day i says and does not understand our emotions. classical pianist glen gould's performances were emotional and unconventional though he died in 1902 his style is still alive and well. thanks to ai. so what we're doing is we're analyzing audio recordings to see how he interprets a given piece of music and try to change to an ai system so that the ai could play an expressive style of. bringing going back to life. it's as if glen gold's ghost is sitting at the piano those who knew him a star. christian knows it doesn't just want to imitate human creations he wants to explore unknown to mentions through his arms with the help from ai he's collected some other will be signals. or. this one become very rich as we take this great unknown outer space and we try to capture radio signals from space and then we have our manmade scan it to look for patterns which we wouldn't be able to find on our own fin transcriptions from space interpreted by using familiar harmonies it's a bit by bit bizarre yet somehow sublime. and it's been sublime i'm talking to you through this robot controlled studio camera thanks for watching arts and culture remember to follow us our facebook and twitter at d.f.w. culture all the best for me i'm occur here in berlin see you next time. kiko. dortmund music has done a step on to the stage. hardly any of us want to have this much talent up its sleeve but does this new generation have what it takes to make a flagrant era of success the most live. in 30 minutes on d w. y is aiming to. run a virus christmas is 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